Romans 6:10-11
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Transcript of Romans 6:10-11
Romans 6:10-11k
Overview of Romans
I. Intro. + Theme 1:1-17 II. Condemnation 1:18-3:20 III. Justification 3:21-5:11 IV. Sanctification 5:12-8:39 V. Illustration 9:1-11:36 VI. Application 12:1-15:13VII. Epilogue 15:14-16:27
Last week…Paul introduces the idea of our new identity
providing the basis of change for the believer.
Last week…Change for believers, as every Christian knows, is not automatic, as some have
claimed.
Romans 6:5-6Paul is explaining our “walk in newness of
life”.
Romans 6:5-6“United in the likeness…we shall also be
united…”Not a discussion of our future resurrection.
Romans 6:5-6“United in the likeness…we shall also be
united…”A discussion of our new life as a result of
our union with Christ.
Romans 6:5-6“Likeness”
“A state of having common experiences”BDAG p. 707
Romans 6:5-6“United in the likeness…we shall also be
united…”We can expect to live as Christ lives!
Romans 6:5-6But, why should we expect that?
Romans 6:5-6Because of something we know about our
union with Christ.
Romans 6:5-6Our “old self” died with Christ.
Romans 6:5-6It has been replaced by our new self.
Eph. 4:20-24
Romans 6:5-6This occurs when we believe.
Romans 6:5-6We are born again or regenerated and are
baptized by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 6:5-6That gives us a new inner person and unites us to the Body of Christ; in His death, burial,
and resurrection.
Romans 6:5-6That whole “body of work”, body of sins we committed through our physical bodies, is in
our past and it’s rule over us has been broken.
Col. 2:11-15
Romans 6:5-6The goal is that we should no longer be
enslaved to it.
Romans 6:7We are freed from sin in that it no longer has
a claim to us in our inner self.
Romans 6:8-9Death with Christ leads to life with Christ.
Romans 6:8-9Our future experience with Christ in glory can
become our present experience!
Romans 6:8-9Our future experience with Christ in glory can
become our present experience!1 Thess. 5:10; Rom. 8:11
Romans 6:8-9Our death with Christ leads to our life with
Him!
Romans 6:8-9It is critical that we know this fundamental
truth:“Christ, having been raised from the dead,
dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.”
Romans 6:8-9The life we share with Him is eternal life!
Romans 6:8-9This eternal life is the life we experience
through our union with Him!Rom. 5:17; Gal. 2:20
Romans 6:8-9Death’s authority is broken.
“Death reigned from Adam through Moses…”
However…
Romans 5:20b-21“…Where sin abounded grace abounded
much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through
righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”.
Romans 6:10-11Christ no longer needs to deal with sin as He
did on the cross.
Romans 6:10-11Christ no longer needs to deal with sin as He
did on the cross.
It has been permanently dealt with.
Romans 6:10-11Christ lives His life now “fully oriented to
God”.(Hodges)
Romans 6:10-11That’s how ours should be!
Romans 6:10-11We are to live our lives with this Identification
Truth that begins in 6:3.
Romans 6:10-11This is one of the first major actions believers
need to make.
Romans 6:10-11The reality is that we are united to Jesus
Christ, dead to sin and alive to God.
Romans 6:10-11Satan will go to great lengths to blur this
reality and gets cooperation from our flesh and the world!
Romans 6:10-11“Consider”
Same word as God “imputing” righteousness earlier (4:3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24).
Romans 6:10-11We are to live our lives regarding ourselves
the way God does; according to reality.
Romans 6:10-11But, the further reality is that we don’t have
to live according to that reality.
Romans 6:10-11Anyone who says believers can’t and don’t live contrary to their new lives is not being honest with their own lives and the reality
we all observe.
Romans 6:10-11Nothing could be farther from the truth than that godly living is automatic for
believers.
Romans 6:10-11This problem is not solved by inserting ideas
of godly living like “lifestyle” that are not, and cannot be, defined.
Romans 6:10-11Practically, this theology leads only to
frustration and/or self-delusion.
Romans 6:10-11However, the reality is that, with the proper
understanding, Christians can enjoy the victory Christ has brought!
Romans 6:12-14When we “consider” this spiritual reality
true, it should result in behavior consistent with that reality!
Romans 6:12-14Before believing, we allowed sin to rule our
lives by giving members of our body to a lifestyle consistent with it.
Romans 6:12-14Now, we should give those same members to the goals and activities consistent with
godly living.
Romans 6:12-14“Present” or “turn over” = To “put at one’s disposal”.
Romans 6:12-14“Present” or “turn over” =
Something made available for a purpose.
Romans 6:12-14Our commitment to new life should be
intentional!
Romans 6:12-14Our bodies were made available for sin and now they should be made available to God
and His purposes.
Romans 6:12-14In other words, our actions should match our
new attitudes.
Romans 6:12-14Sin no longer has the ability to rule over us.
Romans 6:14The idea is expressed well by the Anchor Bible,
“You must not allow sin to rule you”.(Fitzmyer, Romans, p. 447)
Romans 6:14The Mosaic Law is not effective in helping us
grow.
Romans 6:14When taken as a whole, vv. 12-14 teach us
that it is only the rule of grace that can free us from sin.
Romans 6:14The reality is that all believers know that sin
can overwhelm us.
Romans 6:14But, when Paul’s teachings are understood and followed, we can be assured that sin’s
dominion will not win out.
Romans 6:14Like our risen Lord, we can experience
freedom from sin!